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48 hours. (Chart 2). There was a tendency toward a longer scheduled
work week in the seamless than in the full-fashioned plants. In the
full-fashioned hosiery plants 60 per cent of the men and 49 per cent
of the women were scheduled to work more than 48 hours a week. In
the seamless hosiery plants 64 per cent of the men and 70 per cent
of the women had weekly schedules of more than 48 hours. However,
scheduled weekly hours in excess of 54 were found more often for employes
 in full-fashioned hosiery plants than in seamless hosiery plants.
In the full-fashioned hosiery plants a 48 hour week was scheduled for
51 per cent of the women and 39 per cent of the men. In the seamless
 hosiery plants 30 per cent of the women and 36 per cent of the
men had a weekly schedule of 48 hours.

Table 9. Scheduled Weekly Hours of Men and Women

Full-fashioned hosiery

Scheduled hours

Women
Number | Per cent Number ' Per cent

Under 48 wisn) 40
48 memo resaan | 1541
Over 48 and under
50 mvnmmenmmmcma
0 iim anism —
Jver 50 and under
Mm ————————
Bho pcmrimera a:
Over 564 and under
60 eoeornmmcanamnnn
0 and Over ———-—eotal
 © 3085! 100.0

12
2184
853 |
24

.3
60.6
8.2
B

1539 35 6
207 4.8

4819 | 100.0

Seamless hosiery
Men ; ‘Women
Number | Per cent | Number Per eent

ens TT we TTR TT we

§7

2.7
14.1!

124
ar!

6.9
20.9
3.0
84.4

28
131

6.9
82.8

145
20

mama —————————
405) 100.00 1802 100.0

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ACTUAL HOURS

Actual hours of work are of much greater significance than scheduled
hours since they represent the time actually spent on the job. In
general, in the hosiery industry the actual hours of work were less
than the scheduled hours. Unfortunately figures for the actual hours
of work were not always recorded by the employer. Data on actual
working hours were available for only 48 per cent of the women and
62 per cent of the men considered in this study. Information on hours
of work was obtained for more employes in the full-fashioned hosiery
industry than for those employed in the manufacture of seamless
hosiery. Table 10 shows the proportion of men and women for whom
hours of work were recorded in each type of hosiery manufacture.
Data on hours of work were secured for a larger proportion of
the employes in some geographical districts than in others. This information
 was recorded for nearly all the employes in Berks County; in
Philadelphia County for nearly one-third of the employes. (Appendix
Table I) The proportion of employes for whom information on hours